Stroke Incident Rates for Young Adults Increasing

In a
study of the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region, researchers found
that the rate of strokes among adults younger than 55 years of age increased
from 12.9% in 1993/1994 to 18.6% in 2005.

Stroke
incidence rates in people aged 20 to 54 were significantly increased in both
black and white patients in 2005 compared with earlier periods. The
investigators also found that the mean age at stroke significantly decreased
from 71.2 years in 1993/1994 to 69.2 years in 2005.

Possible
explanations for the increase could be that physicians are detecting strokes in
young people more often, both as a result of better imaging technology and more
vigilant screenings, says a Reuters Healtharticle.

With people
developing obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure at a younger age, they
also are increasing their risk of stroke at a younger age.

"This
is of great public health significance because strokes in younger patients
carry the potential for greater lifetime burden of disability and because some
potential contributors identified for this trend are modifiable," the
authors write.

Comments

Americans need to wake up and start taking care of themselves. Cut out the inflammatory foods (esp. sugar) and stop relying on the pharmaceutical companies to save them. "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." - Hippocrates

Posted by Dino Bolos
on 10/12/2012 11:36 PM

Yup. Americans are too fat, lazy & ignorant.

Posted by CA
on 10/13/2012 12:37 PM

@ CA I am shocked that a comment that is so disrespectful that it borders on racism would find its way on to a professional organization's website. Go into downtown Detroit and find a grocery store that sells fresh produce, and find a place where it is safe to exercise outdoors before you judge, please.